Nick Knight
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman (LHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm Medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 17 | 100 |
| Runs scored | 719 | 3637 |
| Batting average | 23.96 | 40.41 |
| 100s/50s | 1/4 | 5/25 |
| Top score | 113 | 125* |
| Overs bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average | N/A | N/A |
| 5 wickets in innings | N/A | N/A |
| 10 wickets in match | N/A | N/A |
| Best bowling | N/A | N/A |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/0 | 44/0 |
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- For the photographer named Nick Knight, see Nick Knight (photographer). For the fictional character, see Nick Knight (Forever Knight). For the movie, see Nick Knight (movie).
Nicholas Verity Knight (born Watford, Hertfordshire, England on 28 November 1969) is an English cricketer, a left-handed opening batsman.
Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup. He famously faced the first delivery in cricket to break the 100 mph barrier from Shoaib Akhtar.
In domestic cricket, he began his career with Essex before transferring to Warwickshire. He was captain of Warwickshire from 2003 to 2005, and led them as they won the County Championship in the 2004 season. He retired from first-class cricket after the the 2006 season.
Knight's middle name comes from the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity.
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| Englishmen with 100 or more ODI caps |  |
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| Alec Stewart 170 | Darren Gough 157* | Graham Gooch 125 | Allan Lamb 122 | Graeme Hick 120 | Marcus Trescothick 120* | |
| Ian Botham 116 | David Gower 114 | Andrew Flintoff 105* | Paul Collingwood 103* | Phillip DeFreitas 103 | Nick Knight 100 | |
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England squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Hussain | 2 Stewart | 3 Anderson | 4 Blackwell | 5 Caddick | 6 Collingwood | 7 Flintoff | 8 Giles | 9 Harmison | 10 Hoggard | 11 Irani | 12 Knight | 13 Trescothick | 14 Vaughan | 15 White | Coach: Fletcher |
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